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The tea partiers are a great addition. The tea partiers have invigorated a base that has been dormant for a long period of time. We're going to have a broad array of different views in our Republican conference, and I think it might be more interesting than any I've been in in a long time.
John McCain

Meaning of "dormant" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DORMANT

From Old French dormant, from dormir to sleep, from Latin dormīre.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DORMANT

dormant  [ˈdɔːmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DORMANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dormant is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DORMANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Dormant

Dormant may refer to: ▪ Dormant volcano, a volcano that is inactive but may become active in the future ▪ Dormant, a heraldry attitude signifying a sleeping animal with head resting upon paws...

Definition of dormant in the English dictionary

The first definition of dormant in the dictionary is quiet and inactive, as during sleep. Other definition of dormant is latent or inoperative. Dormant is also neither extinct nor erupting.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DORMANT


advertisement
ədˈvɜːtɪsmənt
affirmant
əˈfɜːmənt
agreement
əˈɡriːmənt
apartment
əˈpɑːtmənt
conferment
kənˈfɜːmənt
debarment
dɪˈbɑːmənt
deferment
dɪˈfɜːmənt
disagreement
ˌdɪsəˈɡriːmənt
disbarment
dɪsˈbɑːmənt
disinterment
ˌdɪsɪnˈtɜːmənt
formant
ˈfɔːmənt
garment
ˈɡɑːmənt
informant
ɪnˈfɔːmənt
interment
ɪnˈtɜːmənt
misinformant
ˌmɪsɪnˈfɔːmənt
nondormant
ˌnɒnˈdɔːmənt
sarment
ˈsɑːmənt
Stormont
ˈstɔːmənt
undergarment
ˈʌndəˌɡɑːmənt
withdrawment
wɪðˈdrɔːmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DORMANT

dorky
dorlach
dorm
dormancy
dormer
dormer window
dormered
dormice
dormie
dormient
dormin
dormition
Dormition of the Blessed Virgin
dormitive
dormitories
dormitory
Dormobile
dormouse
dormy

WORDS THAT END LIKE DORMANT

adamant
calmant
claimant
clamant
counterclaimant
declaimant
geomant
polysemant
proclaimant
reclaimant
transhumant

Synonyms and antonyms of dormant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DORMANT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «dormant» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of dormant

Translation of «dormant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DORMANT

Find out the translation of dormant to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dormant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dormant» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

休眠的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

inactivo
570 millions of speakers

English

dormant
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निष्क्रिय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نائمة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

в состоянии покоя
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

latente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সুপ্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

endormi
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak aktif
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ruhend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

休止状態にある
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

휴지 상태의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dormant
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đang ngu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

செயலற்று
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुप्त
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

uykuda
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

inattivo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

uśpione
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

в стані спокою
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

latente
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αδρανής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dormant
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vilande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sovende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dormant

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DORMANT»

The term «dormant» is quite widely used and occupies the 26.798 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DORMANT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dormant

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10 QUOTES WITH «DORMANT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word dormant.
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Bob Beauprez
True enough, Osama bin Laden is dead and other al-Qaeda leaders have joined him. But, the assassination of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans in Benghazi is a brutal reminder that radical Islamic terror groups have not disappeared and certainly are not dormant.
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Thayer David
They tend to lay dormant for a while but often come back, and then the cheques come in!
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Thomas Gibson
Summer I was 13, my grandfather and my father taught me how to play golf. I took lessons that summer, and I played every day that summer. I probably would've kept playing, except I realized that girls don't watch golf; they watch tennis. So I let my golf game go dormant and started playing tennis.
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Benny Green
I'm naturally going to react to that and he'll bring out elements in my musical character that were lying dormant, because I'm relating what he's playing.
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David Harsanyi
Simplification of the tax code would not only unlock dormant economic potential, but, in the process, it would blunt the preferred weapon of social engineers, who reward favored industries, punish success and distort economic incentives.
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Aleksandar Hemon
I cannot live or write without music. It stimulates the normally dormant parts of my brain that come in handy when constructing fiction.
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Horace
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.
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Washington Irving
There is in every woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.
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Washington Irving
There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.
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John McCain
The tea partiers are a great addition. The tea partiers have invigorated a base that has been dormant for a long period of time. We're going to have a broad array of different views in our Republican conference, and I think it might be more interesting than any I've been in in a long time.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DORMANT»

Discover the use of dormant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dormant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dormant Enhancement
The causes were varied: increasing parental absence, a negative peer group influence, and a sexualized, media-driven marketplace.To combat these problems, a program called Dormant Enhancement was developed by a team of educators and ...
Jack Richards, 2010
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Space, the Dormant Frontier: Changing the Paradigm for the ...
This unique look at the state of the U.S. space program examines the program as a whole, discussing the split between the civil and military sides and policy recommendations.
Joan Johnson-Freese, Roger Handberg, 1997
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Farmers' Bulletin
during the summer. In the dormant season the vine is pruned to a trunk and four radiating arms at the top. During the third summer, four additional arms are developed on the other four wires, for a total of eight arms. Other growth may be ...
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Seeds
Hence, in this scenario we can see how several of the possible constraints might act together to maintain the intact seed in a dormant state. 5.3. EMBRYONIC INADEQUACY— THE CAUSES We now have to consider why the embryo in the  ...
J. Derek Bewley, Michael Black, 1994
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Siraya: Retrieving the Phonology, Grammar and Lexicon of a ...
Siraya is a Formosan language with unique typological features once spoken around Tainan City in southwest Taiwan.
Alexander Adelaar, 2011
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The Dormant Beast
Set during the break-up of Yugoslavia, the story deals with individual, collective, developing and potential memory.
‎2002
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Estimates of nutrient drain by dormant-season harvests of ...
w. Research. Note. Estimates. of. Nutrient. Drain. by. Dormant-Season. Harvests. of. Coppice. American. Sycamore. B. G. BLACKMON Southern Forest Experiment Station/T-10210 U.S. Postal Services Bldg.. 701 Loyola Avenue. New Orleans.
B. G. Blackmon, Southern Forest Experiment Station (New Orleans, La.), 1979
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Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts ACT 2008:
Royal assent, 26th November 2008. An Act to make provision for, and in connection with, money from dormant bank and building society accounts for social or environmental purposes. Explanatory notes to the Act will be available separately
‎2008
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Current Developments in Monetary and Financial Law
MICHAEL BRADFIELD AND PAMELA SAK Every year governments around the world take "temporary custody" of billions of dollars worth of abandoned or unclaimed assets, including dormant accounts, through a legal process known as  ...
‎2003
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The Triggering Procedure of the International Criminal Court
Some could try to justify the different scope of the Court's dormant jurisdiction depending on who makes the activation request on the basis of the special status of the Security Council and the powers granted to it by chapter VII UNC for the ...
Héctor Olásolo, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DORMANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dormant is used in the context of the following news items.
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Burns: To create inflation, money can't be dormant
The Federal Reserve has printed trillions of dollars to purchase Treasury bonds and mortgages. Won't that excess money in circulation result in ... «Dallas Morning News, Jul 15»
2
The dormant affection
Satu atte was a counsellor to truant teenagers as well as a fairy with a magic wand. The shrivelled, bent form of Satu atte (aunt) discerned from ... «Deccan Herald, Jul 15»
3
Signs promote dormant lawns, water conservation
Signs promote dormant lawns, water conservation ... (donations welcome) to homeowners who voluntarily let their lawns go dormant this year. «Hood River News, Jul 15»
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Dormant ALIEN SLIME LIFE frozen in SPEEDING comet will …
Top astrobiologists say that the approaching comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko could be loaded with slumbering alien organisms capable of ... «The Register, Jul 15»
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Difference between inactive and dormant savings bank accounts
And if you don't do any transactions from a bank account for 24 months, then it will be classified as dormant. As per Reserve Bank of India (RBI) ... «Livemint, Jul 15»
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Inside The Dormant Profiles Of Twitter's Wall Street Analysts
Twitter is littered with the dormant or unfinished profiles of a number of Wall Street analysts who could be deepening their understanding of the ... «BuzzFeed News, Jul 15»
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St. Petersburg NAACP has been dormant for months, prompting …
St. Petersburg NAACP has been dormant for months, prompting questions about its future 07/05/15 [Last modified: Sunday, July 5, 2015 ... «Tampabay.com, Jul 15»
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eBay to delete more dormant accounts
This is good news for anyone who's been sitting waiting for a particular eBay User Id that has been dormant for a number of years, it means it ... «TameBay, Jul 15»
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Scandal of the missing cash from dormant RBS account
Experts fear “dormant” accounts held by the elderly, or those who have moved abroad, are being targeted in the hope that the fraud will go ... «The Sunday Times, Jul 15»
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Quick Rick: Chicago-Cleveland rivalry has been dormant, but that …
Quick Rick: Chicago-Cleveland rivalry has been dormant, but that could change. Written By Rick Telander Posted: 07/02/2015, 11:08pm. Hometown favorites ... «Chicago Sun-Times, Jul 15»

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